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aardvark |
a large mammal with a long snout, long ears, a long tail, and with long fur mostly around its legs. Aardvarks are active at night, when they use their powerful claws to dig open ant or termite nests. They catch their food with their long, sticky tongue. Aardvarks live in southern and central Africa. Although they are sometimes called anteaters, aardvarks are not closely related to any other kind of mammal. |
alligator |
An alligator is a large, powerful reptile that lives in and around water. An alligator has a long body and tail, but it has short legs. It also has a long snout and many sharp teeth. |
baboon |
a large monkey that has a long snout like a dog's. Baboons live on the ground in large groups in Africa and Arabia. They can be powerful fighters. |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh is a country in Asia. Its neighbors are India and Burma, and it is on the coast of the Indian Ocean. People in Bangladesh speak the Bengali language like many of the people in the northern part of India. The great Brahmaputra River flows through Bangladesh. Sometimes Bangladesh has powerful storms, and the river floods the land around it. |
bear2 |
A bear is a large, powerful animal with thick fur, sharp claws, and a short tail. Bears usually live in the forest or in cold areas of the world. Most people are afraid of bears because they can be very dangerous. Some kinds of bears are black bears, grizzly bears, and polar bears. |
bison |
A bison is a big, powerful animal that is a member of the same animal family as the cow. It has a large head and body, and it has horns and hoofs. In the United States, bison are often called buffalo, but their true name is bison. |
blast |
a powerful and sudden gust or stream. [1/6 definitions] |
Buddhism |
Buddhism is one of the major religions of the world. Most people whose religion is Buddhism live in East Asia and Southeast Asia. People who follow Buddhism are called Buddhists. It might be better to say that Buddhism is a way of thinking about how to live one's life instead of saying that it is a religion. This is because most Buddhists do not believe that their great teacher, Buddha, is a god. In fact, Buddhists do not believe in one, all powerful God who created the world. Still, people call Buddhism a religion because it tries to answer some of the important questions about life and death that religions try to answer. |
bulldog |
a breed of dog. Bulldogs are powerful dogs with short legs, short hair, and very strong, square jaws. |
cabinet |
A cabinet is a group of powerful leaders who give advice to a president or other head of government in a country. Most cabinet members have their own particular area that they are in charge of and help the top leader with. In the United States, some of the areas are education, transportation, defense, energy, and agriculture. [1/2 definitions] |
castle |
A castle is a large, strong building used as a place to live and a place to be safe from attack. Many castles were built a long time ago as places for kings, queens, and other powerful people to live. [1/2 definitions] |
chief |
the most powerful or important person in a group; leader. [1/3 definitions] |
Christian |
A Christian is a believer in the religion of Christianity. Christians believe there is one powerful God who created the world and everything in it. Christians believe that Jesus Christ, a person who lived 2000 years ago, is the son of God. Christians believe that Jesus Christ brought understanding of God to human beings and taught people how to please God by being good to others. [1/2 definitions] |
colonialism |
the practice that a country is engaged in when it takes over another country and sets up its own government and colony there. A "colony" is what the country is called that is taken over by the more powerful country. Colonialism serves the purpose of creating wealth and power for the ruling country. |
colonist |
A colonist is a person who lives in a colony. A colony is a place that is ruled by a more powerful country that is far away. |
command |
When you command someone, you tell them what to do in a powerful way. [1/4 definitions] |
crocodile |
A crocodile is a large reptile with a long tail and short legs. It is a powerful animal with thick skin, a long pointed snout, and many sharp teeth. Crocodiles live in rivers, lakes, and swamps in warm places on the earth. |
dominant |
most powerful; ruling or controlling. [1/2 definitions] |
falcon |
a bird with long, powerful wings and a hooked beak. Falcons are related to hawks. They hunt other animals for food during the day. |
grasshopper |
an insect with long, powerful hind legs for jumping and two pairs of wings. Grasshoppers eat plants. |
Great Dane |
a breed of dog. Great Danes are very large, powerful dogs with short hair, long legs, and a square muzzle. |
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